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Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes.
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God's Sovereign Reversals
Commentators unanimously highlight that this verse illustrates God's sovereign power to completely reverse human circumstances. The rich can become poor enough to work for food, while the hungry are filled. As Charles Spurgeon notes, this shows how God "putteth down the mighty, and lifteth up the lowly," reminding believers that our ultimate status is not fixed by worldly standards but is in God's hands.
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1 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See an instance in 1 Samuel 2:36. See, too, in Ezekiel 13:19, another example of hire paid in bread.
Ceased — that is, the…
19th Century
Anglican
They that were full.—Another image to illustrate the vicissitudes of human affairs is sketched, one very familiar to the …
Baptist
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let n…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They that are full have hired out themselves for bread Such as have been full of the good things of this life have b…
Hannah's heart rejoiced, not in Samuel, but in the Lord. She looks beyond the gift, and praises the Giver. She rejoiced in the salvation of the Lor…
